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posted by John Nelson @ 5:05 PM
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Monday, July 25, 2005
Janiary 5th 1941
I was born in an adobe house at 707 West Utah St.
in Carlsbad New Mexico. My folks had lost a child
the year before. I would have had an older Sister
called Violet. I really think that had she lived our
lives would have been must different.
Times were hard back then with the war and all.
The potash mines where the main means of earning
a living for most of the people. My Dad worked at
the US potash mines. He ran what they called an
undercutter. I never seen one but from what
I have heard it must have been like a large chain
saw on its side with a place where an operator
could set or stand to run the machine.
The miners would have to ride an elevator down
several hundered feet below the ground to the
work area.
posted by John Nelson @ 2:41 PM
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About Me
- Name: John Nelson
- Location: Oregon City, Oregon, United States
I was born while Hitler was planing and building up his army to make the whole world stand up and notice. In Carlsbad New Mexico. I went to school in airfield school (and old army base) We were what most people called dry farmers. There was very little rain. But we did well and Dad and Mom raised 8 kids with me as fist born.
